Political Quotes

“Mr. President, to start, I would like to pay tribute to my two colleagues, Senator Casey and Senator Ayotte, for their focus on human rights and particularly the rights of women wherever those women may live. I rise tonight to talk about the rights that are enshrined in our Bill of Rights. To that particular key concern of Americans, I wish to talk about the importance of reforming our domestic surveillance laws. As Senator Wyden and I both enter this discussion, we have one general goal in mind; that is, to find a proper balance between keeping our Nation safe from terrorism and still protecting our cherished constitutional rights. Senator Wyden and I are both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. We have argued for years that the government's domestic surveillance authorities need to be narrowed, and we are going to keep leading this fight in the days, weeks, and months to come. As part of this ongoing effort, we recently introduced comprehensive bipartisan legislation that would end the NSA's selection of millions of innocent Americans' private phone records, shield Americans from warrantless searches of their communications, and install a constitutional advocate at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.…”